Congress debates Florida canal and river projects in Senate vote
Washington May 18 Congress debated canal and river development with the Senate approving a $200 million Florida project and the House trimming a river and harbor bill. Support split along party lines as Republicans opposed the canal. Norris Lundeen and Lafollette joined some Democrats. House actions cut Umatilla dam funding and a Tombigbee Tennessee waterway, while a Connecticut river project was defeated. Final vote postponed to today as lawmakers eye remaining fiscal measures.
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Florida
House
Garner
Flora
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
Lafollette
Wis
Norris Find
Neb
Lundeen
F.linn
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Green
D.-Fla
Umatilla
Columbia River
Oregon
Tombigbee
Tennessee
Rajpurn
Thehouse
Congress
Roose
Commerce
State-Justice Department
House “Interstate Commerce Committee
Rayburn
Laor
Kansas City man chosen as state labor commissioner
Jeff A. Robertson of Kansas City Kansas named by Gov Payne Ratner to be state labor commissioner effective June. He succeeds a three member commission abolished by the legislature. Robertson, a former railroad worker and ex chairman of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen lodge 99 at Argentine, has served as probation officer for the federal district court since October 4 1936. The piece also notes an English cuckoo’s independent parenting.
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Topeka
UPI
Payne
J. Ratner
Jeff A. Robertson
Kansas City
Kan
Robertson
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Lodge
Argentine
Federal District Court
Richard J. Hopkins
Wheat harvest nears as fertilizer boosts yield and maturity
The Farm Column notes wheat fields near Baldwin advancing quickly with 16 acres of Clarkan on E. W. Olmstead land and 130 acres of Kanvale and Tenmarq on Martin Rohe's farm. Cyril Rohe crediting 20 percent phosphate fertilizer for earlier maturity and thicker stands, reducing risk from hail and rust, while market prices remain muted.
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Kansas
E. W. Olmstead
Martin Roche
Baldwin
Olmstead
Rohe
Cyril Rohe
Martin Rohe
Douglas County Farmers Poised for Prosperous Livestock Market
Douglas county farmers anticipate a profitable summer with lambs hogs beef cattle and dairy cattle. A local farmer says livestock chores have earned him more than grain farming. C C Miller at Mud Creek bridge reports completion of a new barn after a prior fire.
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Douglas County
C. C. Miller
Mud Creek Bridge
Town
Miller
Farmers and Bankers Buy Out Kansas Life Insurance
The Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance company of Wichita has purchased the assets and business of the Kansas Life Insurance company of Topeka. J. H. Stewart Jr said the deal’s value is not known and H. K. Lindley was in Topeka finalizing details. Kansas Life reportedly held about 500000 dollars in assets and four million dollars in life insurance in force. Stockholders may receive value above par in liquidation.
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Wichita
Farmers and Bankers Life Insurance Company of
Kansas Life Insurance Company
Topeka
J. H. Stewart, Jr
Wichita Company
H. K. Lindley
Kansas Life
Stewart
Take exams during a hurricane to boost grades says professor
Amherst mass May 18 Dr Harry N Glick head of psychology at Massachusetts State College argues freshmen who took national intelligence tests during a hurricane scored higher than any prior class and five points above a group tested three days later.
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Amherst
Mass
Harry N. Glick
Massachusetts State College
Plane Strikes Barn Near Antonino Injures Pilot
Pi-Jack Smith of Nauvoo escapes serious injury after his Bearwin sportster hits a barn on a Kansas farm while taking off to check his course. He suffers minor cuts and bruises as the plane is badly damaged during the incident near Antonino.
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Hays
Jack Smith
Nauvoo
Antonino
Kan
Smith
Montevista
Colo
Final Kansas Methodist Conference Session Opens In Topeka
The Kansas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to hold its 8th and final session in Topeka starting October 3 with delegates then reconvening as the Kansas Conference of the New United Methodist Church. Bishop Charles L Mead oversees the transition. A brief note mentions the New England shilling as the first colonist coin.
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Kansas
M. E. Church
Topeka
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
New England
Shoves Child to Safety Before Fatal Highway Crash
Kansas City Kansas May 18 William Harvey Yardley 79 was struck and killed by a car on U S highway 410 while shoving his three year old grandson Harvey Callahan to safety near Congressman U S Guyer's farm Yardley a caretaker, acted to save the child and died at the scene Officers questioned the driver Coleman Butler 650 a restaurant operator Public carnival stalls describe stove rental and on site cooking at events with portable stoves and cooks nearby.
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Kan
William Harvey Yardley
U.S. Highway 410
Harvey Callahan
U. S. Guyer
Yardley
Coleman Butler
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